Hi... Thanks for the tip. *snicker*
Alex On Sun, 19 Jul 1998, George Bonser wrote: > Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 01:10:08 -0700 (PDT) > From: George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Martin Bialasinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Debian Userslist <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Re: passwords at Debian's FTP site > Resent-Date: 19 Jul 1998 08:10:16 -0000 > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > On 19 Jul 1998, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > > > > >> "DJ" == Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > DJ> I was going to download the latest > > DJ> libc5 and netstd packages from debian's ftp site and it asks for a > > username > > DJ> and password when I try to save the files. > > > > You log in as anonymous to ftp.debian.org and issue a get command. You > > are then asked about a password? IIRC, the ftp protocol has no means > > for doing so. > > > > You are not trying to upload files, aren't you? > > > > He might not have his FTP client (e.g. Netscape) configured. I know I > leave mine unconfigured to prevent people from putting ftp:// links in > their page and snagging my email address by linking to a 2x2 transparent > gif or something that I can not see but used to generate an FTP > transaction with my email address as the password that they can glean from > their ftp xferlog. > > > > George Bonser > > Microsoft! Which end of the stick do you want today? > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
